Streets of Gold
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| German title | Streets of Gold |
| Original title | Streets of Gold |
| Country of production | United States |
| original language | English |
| Publishing year | 1986 |
| length | 95 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 12 |
| Rod | |
| Director | Joe Roth |
| script |
Dezsö Magyar Heywood Gould Richard Price Tom Cole |
| production | Joe Roth Harry J. Ufland |
| music | Jack Nitzsche |
| camera | Arthur Albert |
| cut | Richard Chew |
| occupation | |
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Streets of Gold is an American boxing film directed by Joe Roth from the year 1986 .
action
Alek Neuman was a boxing champion in Russia. But because he is a Jew, he was not allowed to drive to the Olympic Games with the Russian team. Now the aged Alek has emigrated to the USA , where he is staying in the house of the Russian Elena. She also gets him a job washing dishes in a restaurant.
When he walks through the streets after work, he ends up in an old boxing hall, where numerous fights take place. He particularly noticed the young boxing talent Roland Jenkins, with whom he clashes. In the fight, Aleks showed impressive boxing skills, which the young Timmy Boyle noticed. He persuades Alek to train him. Roland thinks little of it, but there is a reconciliation and Alek now trains both of them.
Released from his crisis through his new job, he also begins a relationship with Elena. He happened to read in the newspaper that the Russian team was coming to the US for an international match, and after two trial matches he managed to convince the manager of the American team, Linnehan, to accept Timmy and Roland into the team.
However, Roland is injured with a knife in a fight and can therefore only come to the fight as a spectator. In the training rooms, Alek also meets his old trainer and opponent and announces rematch with Timmy. The fight goes bad for Timmy at the beginning, he is clearly inferior in the first two rounds. However, with the encouragement of Alek and Roland, he succeeds in sending his Russian opponent onto the boards in the third and final round.
criticism
"Tension-free boxer film based on common patterns with superfluous chauvinistic elements."
“Boxer film with Klaus-Maria Brandauer ('Mephisto'), who acts as a trainer in his typical choleric style. [...] The film captivates with its skillful dramaturgy and interesting characters. "
"[...] It is a miracle that no one has thought about casting Brandauer as a boxer before. His work is rich in devilish tricks and devious, misleading expressions. "
Web links
- Streets of Gold in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Streets of Gold in the All Movie Guide (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Streets of Gold. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed March 2, 2017 .
- ↑ Streets of Gold at kino.de (accessed on May 26, 2013)
- ↑ 'Streets of Gold' (R). In: Washington Post . November 19, 1986, accessed on May 26, 2013 : "It's a wonder nobody had thought of casting Brandauer as a boxer before - his work is so full of devilish feints and tricky, misleading expressions."